Representative Clients

Notable Representations

Represented Nike when adidas prevailed on claims in Europe that Nike's use of two stripes on apparel infringed adidas's three-stripe trademark. Filed the complaint on Nike's behalf in the District Court of Oregon seeking a declaration that Nike's use of two stripes and other decorative striping on apparel and footwear in the United States did not infringe or dilute adidas's three-stripe mark. After positioning the case to put the scope of adidas's three-stripe mark at issue, adidas conceded the case and filed a broad covenant not to sue Nike in the United States over apparel and footwear products incorporating a wide variety of multi-stripe designs, including all Nike two-stripe products.

Successfully defended Nike against a $40 million trade dress and patent infringement claims by a rival shoe company over Nike's Air Jordan XVII basketball shoe.

Admissions

The State Bar of California; United States Supreme Court; United States Courts of Appeals: Ninth Circuit, Federal Circuit; United States District Courts: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California